Von Fallersleben actually wrote three verses to Haydn's melody. The first is the most known and was the official one in the NSDAP era. Konrad Adenauer set the tone for the modern era when he at some rally in the early 1950's had the crowd sing the third verse- Einigskeit, freiheit, etc. The first isn't really banned, just seen as Bad Taste. Funny that no one has ever championed the second verse, which literally gave rise to the line about wine, women and song.

During my high-school years, I sang along with the school anthem many times before I learned that it was the melody from Deutschlandlied. One of my friends would sing the original German lyrics and nobody noticed.

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